List of electronics topics

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This is a list of communications, computers, electronic circuits, fiberoptics, microelectronics, medical electronics, reliability, and semiconductors.

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16VSB – 2VSB – 32VSB – 4000 series – 4VSB – 555 timer IC – LM741 – 7400 series – 8VSB

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Absolute gain – Access control – Acceptance pattern – Access time – Acoustic coupler – Acquisition – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line – Adaptive communications – Adder – Adjacent-channel interference – Alarm sensor – Aliasing – Allied Radio – Alternate party – Alternating current – AM radio – Amateur radio – Ambient noise level – American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – Ammeter – Amperage (see Current) – Ampere – Amplitude distortion – Amplitude modulation – Amplifier – Analog – Analog computer – Analog decoding – Analogue switch – Analog to digital converter – Analysis of resistive circuits – Angular misalignment loss – Antenna – Antenna blind cone – Antenna effective area – Antenna gain – Antenna height above average terrain – Antenna noise temperature – Antenna theory – Aperiodic antenna – Aperture (antenna) – Aperture illumination – Aperture-to-medium coupling loss – Apollo Guidance Computer – Arithmetic and logical unit – Armstrong oscillator – ARRL – Articulation score – Astable – Asynchronous communications system – Asynchronous operation – Asynchronous start-stop – Atmospheric duct – Atmospheric waveguide – Attenuation – Audible ringing tone – Audio system measurements – Audiophile – Automatic call distributor – Automatic data processing – Automatic gain control – Automatic link establishment – Automatic number identification – Automatic sounding – Automatic switching system – Autovon – Availability – Available line – Avalanche diode – Azimuth

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Back-to-back connection – Backplane – Backscattering – Backward channel – Balance return loss – Balanced line – Balancing network – Ball grid array – Band gap – Band-stop filter – Bandwidth compression – Bare particular – Barrage jamming – Baseband – Battery (electricity) – Baud – Baudot code – BCS theory – Beam – Beam diameter – Beam divergence – Beam steering – Beamwidth – Bel – Bias, see: voltage bias, current bias, or bias distortion – Biconical antenna – Big ugly dish – Bilateral synchronization – Billboard antenna – Binary classification – Binaural recording – Bipolar junction transistor – Bipolar signal – Bit-count integrity – Bit inversion – Bit pairing – Bit robbing – Bit stuffing – Bit synchronous operation – Bits per second – Black facsimile transmission – Black recording – Blanketing – Bluetooth – BNC connector – Boresight – Breadboard – Bremsstrahlung – Bridging loss – Broadband – Broadband Internet – Broadband wireless access – Broadcasting – Burst transmission – Busy hour – Busy signal – Bypass

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C-QUAM – Cable modem – Cable television – Caesium standard – Call collision – Call set-up time – Call-second – Capacitive coupling – Capacitor – Capture effect – Carbon nanotube – Card standards – Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection – Carrier shift – Carrier system – Carrier wave – Carrier-to-receiver noise density – Carson bandwidth rule – Cassegrain antenna – Category 5 cable – Cathode ray tube – Central processing unit – Chadless tape – Channel – Channel noise level – Channel reliability – Character-count integrity – Characteristic impedance – Charge-coupled device – Chemical vapor deposition – Chirping – Chroma subsampling – Circuit – Circuit breaker – Circuit noise level – Circuit reliability – Circuit restoration – Circuit switching – Circular polarization – Circulator – Citizens' band radio – Cladding – Clapp oscillator – Clean room – Clear channel – Clearing – Clipping – Clock gating – Clock signal – Closed circuit – Closed waveguide – Closed-circuit television – CMOS – Co-channel interference – Coaxial cable – Code division multiple access – Code word – Coherence length – Coherence time – Coherence – Coherent differential phase-shift keying – Coherer – Coil – Coilgun – Collinear antenna array – Collinear antenna array – Collins Radio – Colpitts oscillator – Color code – Combat-net radio – Combinatorial logic – Combined distribution frame – Common base – Common battery – Common collector – Common control – Common emitter – Common-mode interference – Commonality – Communications center – Communications satellite – Communications security – Communications system engineering – Communications system – Communications-electronics – Communications – Compact audio cassette – Compatible sideband transmission – Composite video – Compulsator – Computer – Concentrator – Conditioning equipment – Conducted interference – Conduction band – Conductive coupling – Connections per circuit hour – Conservation of radiance – Content delivery – Contention – Continuous Fourier transform – Continuous operation – Continuous wave – Convolution – Copper – Cord circuit – Corner reflector – Cosmic noise – Costas loop – Coulomb's law – Counter – Coupling – Covert channel – Covert listening device – CPU design – CQD – Critical frequency – Cross product – Crossbar switch – Crosstalk – Crystal filter – Crystal radio receiver – Current – Current bias – Current-to-voltage converter – Cutback technique – Cutoff frequency – Cutoff wavelength –

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D region – D-4 – Data – Data bank – Data circuit terminating equipment – Data compaction – Data integrity – Data link – Data service unit – Data terminal equipment – Data transmission circuit – Datasheet – DBa – DBm – DBrn – DDR SDRAM – Degree of isochronous distortion – Delay line – Delay – Delta modulation – Demand assignment – Demand factor – Demand load – Demodulation – Demodulator – Departure angle – Design objective – Despun antenna – Deviation – Dial-up – Diamagnetism – Dielectric constant – Dielectric strength – Dielectric – Dielectric waveguide – Differential amplifier – Diffraction – Digital Audio Tape – Digital access and cross-connect system – Digital circuit – Digital radio – Digital filter – Digital signal processing – Digital multiplex hierarchy – Digital signal processor – Digital to analog converter – Digital transmission group – Digitizer – Diode – DIN – DIP switch – Diplex operation, see: Diplexer – Dipole – Dipole antenna – Direct bandgap – Direct broadcast satellite – Direct current – Direct distance dialing – Direct ray – Directional antenna – Directional coupler – Directive gain – Direct-sequence spread spectrum – Discrete – Discrete Fourier transform – Dispersion-limited operation – Distortion-limited operation – Distortion – Distress radiobeacon – Distributed switching – Diurnal phase shift – Diversity reception – DOD master clock – Doping – Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission – Double-slit experiment – Drift – Drop and insert – Dropout – Dual access – Dual-modulus prescaler – Dual-tone multi-frequency – Duobinary signal – Duplex – Duty cycle – Dual in-line package – DXCC – Dynamic range

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E-layer – E-skip – Earphone – Earpiece – Earth's magnetic field – Echelon – EDIF – EEPROM – Effective antenna gain contour – Effective boresight area – Effective data transfer rate – Effective Earth radius – Effective height – Effective input noise temperature – Effective isotropically radiated power – Effective monopole radiated power – Effective radiated power – Effective transmission rate – Efficiency factor – Electric charge – Electric current – Electric field – Electric motor – Electric power – Electric power transmission – Electrical conduction – Electrical conductivity – Electrical connector – Electrical current – Electrical efficiency – Electrical engineering – Electrical generator – Electrical length – Electrical network – Electrical resistance – Electrical room – Electrical signal – Electricity – Electricity distribution – Electro-optic effect – Electro-optic modulator – Electro-optics – Electrochemical cell – Electrochemistry – Electrode – Electrodynamics – Electrolytic capacitor – Electromagnetic environment – Electromagnetic induction – Electromagnetic interference control – Electromagnetic pulse – Electromagnetic radiation – Electromagnetic radiation and health – Electromagnetic spectrum – Electromagnetic survivability – Electrometer – Electromagnetism – Electron hole – Electron – Electronic amplifier – Electronic deception – Electronic design automation – Electronic filter – Electronic imager – Electronic mixer – Electronic musical instrument – Electronic oscillator – Electronic power supply – Electronic tagging – Electronic test equipment – Electronic warfare support measures – Electronics – Electrostatic discharge – Electrostatics – Electronic switching system – Electronic color code – Element – Emergency Locator Transmitter – Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon – Emitter coupled logic – Entropy encoding – End distortion – Endurability – Enhanced service – Equilibrium length – Equivalent noise resistance – Equivalent pulse code modulation noise – Erase – Error-correcting code – Error burst – Error ratio – Examples of electrical phenomena – Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) – Eye pattern

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Fab – Facility – Facsimile converter – Fade – Fading distribution – Fail safe – Fall time – Fan-beam antenna – Far-field region – Farad – Faraday cage – Faraday constant – Faraday's law of induction – Fault management – Fault – FCC registration program – Federal Standard 1037C – Feed – Feed horn – Feedback – Ferromagnetism – Ferroelectric effect – Field – Field effect transistor – Field (physics) – FPGA Field programmable gate array – Field strength – Filled cable – Filter – Filter design – Flip-flop – Flutter – Fluorescent lamp – Flux – Flywheel effect – FM band – FM improvement factor – FM improvement threshold – FM radio – Fourier series – Fourier transform (see also List of Fourier-related transforms) – Forward error correction – Four-wire circuit – Four-wire terminating set – Fractal antenna – Frame – Frame rate – Frame slip – Frame synchronization – Framing bit – Free-space loss – Freenet – Freeze frame television – Frequency – Frequency modulation synthesis – Frequency-exchange signaling – Frequency-hopping spread spectrum – Frequency-shift keying – Frequency-division multiplexing – Frequency assignment – Frequency averaging – Frequency counter – Frequency deviation – Frequency frogging – Frequency modulation – Frequency synthesiser – Frequency standard – Fresnel zone – Fresnel equations – Fresnel reflection – Front-to-back ratio – Fuel cell – Fuse

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Galvanometer – Gallium arsenide – Garble – Gateway – Gating – Gauss – Geiger-Mueller tube – Gel electrophoresis – Gemini Guidance Computer – Gender changer – Global Positioning System – Global system for mobile communications – GNU Radio – Graded-index fiber – Grade of service – Ground – Ground constants – Ground loop – Ground plane – Groundwave – Guided ray – Gyrator

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H-channel – Halftone characteristic – Hall effect – Hamming code – Hamming distance – Handoff – Handshaking – Hard copy – Hardware register – Harmonic – Harmonic analysis – Harmonic oscillator – Hartley oscillator – Heat sink – Helical antenna – Helmholtz coil – Henry (unit) – Hertz – Heterodyne repeater – Heterodyne – High-performance equipment – High frequency – High-speed circuit-switched data – Hop – Horn – How to test three-phase electrical supply – How to test three-phase pumps – Hybrid balance – Hybrid circuit – Hybrid coil – Hybrid coupler – Hysteresis

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IEEE 802 – IEEE 802.11 – IEEE 802.15 – Image antenna – Image response – Image frequency – Image rejection ratio – Impedance – Impedance match – Impedance mismatch – In-band on-channel – Incidental radiator – Independent sideband – Index of cooperation – Inductive coupling – Inductor – Inductive reactance – Industrial Computers - Information transfer – Information-bearer channel – Infrared – Input – Insertion gain – Insertion loss – Inside plant – Insulation – Integrated circuit – Intentional radiator – Intensity modulation – Intercept – Interchange circuit – Intercharacter interval – Interconnect facility – Interference – Interferometry – Intermediate-field region – Intermodulation distortion – International Electrotechnical Commission – Interoperability – Interposition trunk – Intersymbol interference – Inverse multiplexer – Inverse-square law – Ion pump – Ionosphere – ISM band – Isochronous burst transmission – Isochronous signal – Isotropic antenna

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Jam signal – Jamming – Jansky – Jitter

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K-factor – Karnaugh map – Kendall effect – Key pulsing – Kirchhoff's circuit laws – Klystron – Knife-edge effect

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LNA – LaFayette Radio – Laser – Launch angle – Launch numerical aperture – Lead-lag effect – Leaky mode – Light bulb – Light-dependent resistor – Light-emitting diode – Lightning – Limiting – Line code – Linear feedback shift register – Linear regulator – Lip synchronization – List of antenna terms – List of telecommunications encryption terms – List of telecommunications transmission terms – List of telephony terminology – Load – Loading – Loading characteristic – Loading coil – Lobe – Local battery – Log-periodic antenna – Logic – Logic families – Logic gate – Long-haul communications – Long-tailed pair – Long-term stability – Longitudinal redundancy check – Loop – Loop gain – Loop-back – Low frequency – Low-performance equipment – Low noise amplifier – Lumped element model

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Magnet – Magnetic core memory – Magnetic field – Magnetic flux – Magnetic flux quantum – Magnetic levitation – Magnetism – Magnetosphere – Magneto-optic effect – Magnetron – Main distribution frame – Main lobe – Manchester code – Maser – Mask work – Master frequency generator – Maximum power – Maximal-ratio combiner – Maximum usable frequency – Maxwell coil – Maxwell's equations – Maxwell's demon – Mean time between outages – Mediation function – Medium – Medium frequency (MF) – Medium-power talker – Mediumwave – Michelson-Morley experiment – Microelectronics – Microphone – Microwave – Microwave auditory effect – Microwave oven – MIL-STD-188 – Minimum bend radius – Mode scrambler – Mode volume – Modem – Modular synthesizer – Modulation – Modulation factor – Modulation rate – Molecular electronics – Monostable – Moore's law – Morse code – MOS Technology 6501 – MOS Technology 6502 – MOS Technology VIC-II – MOS Technology SID – Mu-law algorithm – Multi-element dipole antenna – Multimeter – Multipath – Multipath propagation – Multiple access – Multiple homing – Multiplex baseband – Multicoupler – Multiplexer – Multiplexing – Multiplication ALU – Multivibrator

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N connector – Nanotechnology – Nanowire – Narrative traffic – Narrowband – Narrowband modem – National Electrical Code (US) – Natural frequency – Nature versus nurture – Neural network – Near-field region – Negative-acknowledge character – Negative resistance – Net gain – Netlist – Network administration – Network architecture – Network management – Neutral direct-current telegraph system – NI Multisim – Nickel metal hydride – Noise-cancelling headphone – Noise-equivalent power – Noise figure – Noise level – Noise power – Noise temperature – Noise weighting – Non-return-to-zero – Normalized frequency – NTSC – Nuclear magnetic resonance – Null – Numbers station – Numerical aperture – Numerically controlled oscillator – Nyquist interval

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Off-hook – Off-line – Ohm – Ohm's law – Ohmmeter – Oliver Heaviside – Omnidirectional antenna – On-hook – On-line – One-way trunk – Open circuit – Open spectrum – Operational amplifier – Orthomode transducer – Optical density – Optical fiber – Optical path length – Optical spectrum – Optoelectronic – Orthogonal frequency division modulation – Oscilloscope – Output – Out-of-band signaling – Outside plant – Overflow – Overhead information – Overmodulation – Override – Overshoot

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Packet switching – Packet-switching node – Paired disparity code – PAL – Par meter – Parabolic antenna – Parabolic microphone – Parallel transmission – Parasitic element – Parity – Passband – Patch bay – Path loss – Path profile – Pauli exclusion principle – PBER – PCB layout guidelines – Peak envelope power – Peltier effect – Performance measurement period – Periodic antenna – Periscope antenna – Permeability – Permittivity – Personal Locator Beacon – Phantom circuit – Phantom loop – Phase – Phase-locked loop – Phase-shift keying – Phase distortion – Phase jitter – Phase modulation – Phase noise – Phase perturbation – Phased array – Philberth-Transformer – Photodiode – Photoelectric effect – Photolithography – Photon – Physical layer – Pickup – Pin grid array – Planar array – Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy – PID controller – Piezoelectricity – Pirate radio – Planar array – Planck's constant – Point-to-point construction – Polarization – Polyphase system – Portable people meter – Potential difference – Potential divider – Power – Power connector – Power supply – Polarential telegraph system – Polling – Preamplifier – Preemphasis – Preemphasis network – Preferred values – Preventive maintenance – Primary channel – Printed circuit board – Primary time standard – Principal clock – Processor register – Product detector – Programmable logic device – Propagation – Propagation mode – Propagation path obstruction – Proration – PSK31 – Pseudorandom noise – Pseudorandom number sequence – Pulse – Pulse amplitude – Pulse duration – Pulsed inductive thruster – Pulse-address multiple access – Pulse-code modulation – Pulse-width modulation – Push-to-talk operation – Push-to-type operation – Pyroelectricity

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Q code – Q-switching – QRP operation – Quadrature – Quadrature amplitude modulation – Quality assurance – Quality control – Quantum harmonic oscillator – Quartz clock – Quasi-analog signal – Queuing delay

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Race hazard – Radar – Radiation angle – Radiation mode – Radiation pattern – Radiation resistance – Radiator – Radio – Radio beam – Radio clock – Radio electronics – Radio frequency – Radio frequency induction – Radio horizon – Radio horizon range – Radio propagation – Radio Row, Manhattan – Radio range – Radio station – RadioShack – Radiotelephone – Radioteletype – Radix-64 – Railgun – Random access memory – Randomizer – Ray transfer matrix analysis – RC – RC circuit – RCA – RCA jack – Reactance – Receive-after-transmit time delay – Received noise power – Receiver – Receiver attack-time delay – Reception – Reconnaissance satellite – Record medium – Reference antenna – Reference circuit – Reference clock – Reference noise – Reference surface – Reflection coefficient – Reflective array antenna – Refractive index contrast – Register transfer level – Regenerative circuit – Release time – Relative transmission level – Relational model – Relaxation oscillator – Relay – Remote operations service element protocol – Remote sensing – Repair and maintenance – Repeater – Repeating coil – Reproduction speed – Reradiation – Resistor – Resistor color code – Resonance – Response time – Response – Responsivity – Return loss – RF connector – RF modulator – RF probe – RF shielding – RFID – RF power margin – RGB color space – Rhombic antenna – Ring current – Ring latency – Ring modulation – Ringback signal – Ringdown – RJ45 – RL circuit – RLC circuit – Robot – Rogowski coil – Root mean square – Routing indicator – RS-232 – RX – Rydberg formula

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S/PDIF – S-Video – Sacrificial anode – Sampling frequency – Scalar field – Scanner – Scanning electron microscope – SCART – Schema – Schematic – Schumann resonance – Scrambler – Screen – Second audio program – Security management – Self-clocking signal – Self-synchronizing code – Sensor Networks – SECAM – Semiautomatic switching system – Semiconductor – Semiconductor device – Semiconductor device fabrication – Sensitivity – Separate channel signaling – Serial access – Serial ATA – Serial Peripheral Interface Bus – Serial transmission – Series and parallel circuits – Shadow loss – Shannon limit – Shannon's theorem – Short circuit – Shortwave – Shot noise – Shrinking generator – Side lobe – Sideband – Sidereal time – Siemens – Signal (information theory) – Signal compression – Signal processing – Signal processing gain – Signal reflection – Signal transition – Single-polarized antenna – Signal-to-noise ratio – Signal-to-crosstalk ratio – Signature block – Significant condition – Silicon – Silicon bandgap temperature sensor – Simplex circuit – Simplex signaling – Single-frequency signaling – Single-sideband modulation – Sinc filter – Single frequency networks – Single phase electric power – Skew – Skin effect – Skip zone – Skywave – Slant range – Slewing – Slot antenna – Slow-scan television – Software-defined radio – Solar cell – Soldering – Solenoid – Sound card – Space diversity – Specific detectivity – Space tether – Spark gap – Specification – Speckle pattern – Spectral width – Spectrum – Spectrum analyzer – Speed of light – Speed of service – SPICE – Spillover – Spill-forward feature – Spin glass – Spot beam – Spread spectrum – Spurious emission – Squelch – Standard telegraph level – Standard test signal – Standard test tone – Standing wave – Standing wave ratio – Starpath Supercharger – Start signal – Start-stop transmission – Static electricity – Steady-state condition – Step-index profile – Stop signal – Stopband – Store-and-forward switching center – Stressed environment – Strobe light – Stroke speed – Subcarrier – Subtractive synthesis – Sudden ionospheric disturbance – Supercomputer – Superconductivity – Superheterodyne receiver – Superparamagnetism – Superposition theorem - Supervisory program – Suppressed carrier transmission – Surface wave – Surface-mount technology – Surveillance device – Survivability – Switch – Switched-mode power supply – Synchronism – Synchronization – Synchronizing – Synchronous network – Synchronous optical networking – Synthesizer – System integrity – Systems control

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T-carrier – TEMPEST – TRF – TRS – TTL – TX – Table of standard electrode potentials – Tantalum – Tactical communications system – Tactical communications – Tactical data information link--A – Tape relay – Technical control facility – Telecommunication – Telecommunications service – Teleconference – Telegrapher's equations – Telegraphy – Telemetry – Telephone tapping – Teletext – Teletraining – Television – Tensor – Tesla coil – Tesla patents – Test antenna – Tether propulsion – Thermal noise – Thermistor – Third-order intercept point – Three phase – Time-assignment speech interpolation – Time-domain reflectometer – Time-division multiple access – Time-division multiplexing – Time-out – Tinfoil hat – TNC connector – Toll switching trunk – Total harmonic distortion – Total internal reflection – Traffic intensity – Traffic shaping – Transceiver – Transimpedance amplifier – Transcoding – Transducer – Transformer – Transient electromagnetic device – Transistor – Transistor-transistor logic – Transistor radio – Transition metal – Transmission coefficient – Transmission level point – Transmission line – Transmission medium – Transmit-after-receive time delay – Transmitter – Transmitter attack-time delay – Transmitter-studio link – Transparent latch – Triangle wave – Trimline telephone – Troposphere – Tropospheric ducting – Tropospheric wave – Transponder – Transverse redundancy check – Traveling-wave tube – Tuner – Twisted pair

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Ultra Wideband – Ultra high frequency – Ultraviolet – Unavailability – Uncertainty principle – Uniform linear array – Unijunction transistor – Unintentional radiator – Unit interval – Uplink – Upright position – User

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VAC – Vačkář oscillator – Vacuum tube – Valence band – Varistor – Validation – Variable length buffer – Varicap – VDC – Vector field – Veroboard – Very-large-scale integration – Very high frequency – VHSIC hardware description language – Video – Video cassette recorder – Video teleconference – Video teleconferencing unit – Vintage amateur radio – Virtual circuit – Virtual circuit capability – Voice frequency – Voice frequency primary patch bay – Virtual ground – Volt- Voltage bias – Voltmeter – Voltage-to-current converter – Vox

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Wardenclyffe Tower – Watt – Wave – Wave impedance – Wave propagation – Waveform – Waveguide – Waveguide antenna – Wavelength division multiplexing – Wavelength – Warner exemption – Wheatstone bridge – White facsimile transmission – Wideband modem – Williams tube – Wink pulsing – Whip antenna – Wire – Wire wrap – Wireless – Wireless access point – Wireless community network – Wireless network – Wireless personal area network – Wye-delta transform (see Y-delta transform)

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X-dimension of recorded spot – XLR

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Yagi antenna – Y-delta transform – YUV

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Z-transform – Zener diode – Zero-dispersion wavelength – Zero dBm transmission level point – Zig-zag in-line package – ZigBee – ZIF – Zone melting

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